News from the Adlershof University Campus

BAM develops powerful alternative to lithium-ion batteries

Innovative approach to make solid-state batteries more sustainable, cheaper, and more efficient:

Researchers at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) have developed an innovative approach to make solid-state batteries more powerful and suitable for everyday use. Their goal: batteries that…

New findings on the scattering of black holes

Calculations by Prof Jan Plefka's research team provide an important basis for understanding gravitational waves:

Black holes are unique objects in our universe. They curve space and time in a way that prevents light from escaping their immediate surroundings. When two black holes approach each other, they spiral around each…

HU junior researcher Alberto Pérez-Bitrián receives Emmy Noether grant

New Research Group OrgXeMet investigates the properties and reactivity of xenon compounds:

The new Emmy Noether research group OrgXeMet, led by Dr. Alberto Pérez-Bitrián has been launched at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). The group will be funded with approximately 1.75 million euros over six…

BAM, HZB, and HU Berlin plan joint Berlin Battery Lab

The joint research infrastructure will also be open to industry for battery research projects:

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), and Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the Berlin…

Berlin Adlershof: Companies surpass 4 billion euros in revenue for the first time and continue to be optimistic about the future

Germany’s largest Science and Technology Park doubles its revenue in just eight years:

The Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof continued its positive development in 2024. Revenues and budget funds rose by 3.5% to over 4.0 bn. euros (2023: 3.9 bn. euros). The number of employees grew by 1,100 to…

Berlin Adlershof: Facts and figures

Berlin Adlershof is Germany’s largest and most successful Science and Technology Park as well as Berlin’s largest media location—embedded in an overall urban development concept. Spanning an area of 4.6 km², the park…

Launch of Repower Regions – Transforming Europe's Heating and Cooling Sector

Steinbeis-SIT joins a project focused on decarbonisation, digital skills, and sustainable solutions in Europe’s heating and cooling sector:

Steinbeis School of Sustainable Innovation and Transformation (SIT), affiliated with Steinbeis University GmbH, dedicates itself to delivering exceptional educational programmes and offering guidance in innovation and…

Creative comics against biodiversity loss

BioYouToon, an Erasmus+ project, aims to sensitise young people and raise awareness of biodiversity:

The project consortium of BioYouToon, an EU-funded Erasmus+ project, met at the end of March 2025 to share the results developed during the funding period. The highlight was five Webtoon Comics, available online in…

Dr Kristin Klaue receives 2024 Adlershof Dissertation Award

The chemist lays the foundation for targeted, light-based medicine with photoswitchable molecules:

On 20 March 2025, the Adlershof Dissertation Award was granted for the 23rd time in a row. Dr Kristin Klaue received the 3,000 euro prize, which is donated and organised annually by the research network IGAFA e. V.,…

Stünzi’s sense of snow

HU scientist Simone Maria Stünzi studies the vegetation in permafrost soils:

At the Earth Observation Lab of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), scientist Simone Maria Stünzi investigates how vegetation interacts with permafrost soil and how these processes are changing against the backdrop…

Dr Kathrin Goldammer becomes professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Technology

From summer semester 2025, the Managing Director of the Reiner Lemoine Institute will become a professor at the HTW Faculty Engineering – Energy and Information:

Dr. Kathrin Goldammer complements the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs in Renewable Energy with many years of practical experience in the energy industry and expertise in applied energy research. Goldammer has…

UNITE Sciences e. V. officially founded by 19 scientific institutions from Berlin-Brandenburg

The innovation network aims to promote entrepreneurial talent in the region and accelerate technology transfer:

UNITE Sciences e.V. was officially founded on March 4, 2025, with the ceremonial signing of the articles of association. The non-profit association unites 19 renowned universities, colleges and non-university research…

IKZ and HU Berlin open Joint Laboratory JAMA

The laboratory offers state-of-the-art infrastructure for research in the fields of solid-state physics and materials science:

The Joint Laboratory for Advanced Magneto-Transport Adlershof (JAMA) was officially opened on January 29, 2025. The new laboratory is a joint project of the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) and the…

Building block of the catalyst for oxygen formation in photosynthesis reproduced

HZB and HU take an important step towards a complete understanding of photosynthesis:

In a small manganese oxide cluster, teams from HZB and HU Berlin have discovered a particularly exciting compound: two high spin manganese centres in two very different oxidation states and. This complex is the…

Story about magical vegetables promotes healthier eating behaviour in preschool children

An international team of psychologists shows how reading a story to children still influences their preference for fruit and vegetables after one to two weeks:

In a study, an international team led by retired Professor Werner Sommer from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin was able to show that children's preference for fruit and vegetables was influenced by being read a story.…